Team Leader full time and part time - Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom - Ministry of Justice

Description

Drug Strategy Lead - HMP Exeter - Op or Non-Op
Building/Site 1 HMYOI EXETER, EX4 4EX
Grade 1 SEO
Band 7
Post Type 1 Permanent
Working Pattern 1 Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Flexible Working, Other

The job holder will seek to provide a key focus on the prison drug strategy by providing strategic and operational direction within the prison to ultimately reduce substance misuse, developing relationships between HMPPS, drug and alcohol agencies and external commissioners.

Building Recovery

The post holder will focus on the reducing demand and building recovery strands of the drugs strategy as well as developing relationships to manage other strategy actions.

The post holder will act as a subject matter expert to the Governor and their Senior Management Team (SMT).

The job holder provides strategic leadership and is responsible for planning and managing the Drug Strategy in the establishment ensuring effective arrangements are in place for governance, risk management and monitoring.

They will provide advice and progress updates to senior managers throughout HMPPS regarding the drug strategy delivery in the establishment.

The role will be establishment based with the expectation that post holders will travel as and when required.

Review and support the establishment in design, implementation and updates of drug strategy ensuring effective governance is in place and alignment to the national HMPPS strategy.

Identify and communicate current trends in relation to substance misuse in the establishment.

• Develop a detailed understanding of, and map the key barriers and opportunities to success in order to inform longer-term national approaches.
• Work in collaboration with the Health and Justice lead offering advice and support to manage the transition into the community to improve continuity of care.
• Ensure that best practice is shared through a variety of forums, including drugs lead meetings, internal learning events, opportunities to promote projects on the intranet.
• Dependant on operational experience will undertake some or all other management tasks including:
• Promote Prison Service policy in all activities and behaviours e.g. promote diversity, decency, safety and reducing re-offending agendas.
• Provide leadership and management of the Function. Will have the skills to apply all Human Resources (HR) related policies and practices and be able to carry out all aspects of people management such as Attendance Management, Disciplinary Investigations, Performance Management and Staff Appraisals.
• Manage Prisoners Complaints Process within the Function.
• Responsible for ensuring all litigation claims relevant to the area have been dealt with in accordance with policy.
• Oversee the compilation and regular progress reporting of performance improvement programmes.
• Manage the appropriate authorisation of Financial Compliance Statements.
• Manage devolved budgets in accordance with the financial procedures outlined in the budget delegation.
• Ensure that the Function produces and analyses audit and establishment performance management information identifying variances and areas requiring improvements.
• Contribute to the establishment's overall achievement of (SDIs) and standards and be accountable for the performance and delivery of targets relating to the Function.
• Accountable for all local and national policies relating to the Function, and ensure procedures implemented are compliant, including the development of new policies.
• Contribute to the development and delivery of the medium-to-long term strategic and business plan for the establishment, with overall responsibility for implementation within their Function.
• Ensure all risk assessments are undertaken and staff are made aware of their personal responsibility towards Health and Safety compliance.
• Work collaboratively and provide constructive challenge to colleagues to ensure that their own and other Functions are joined up and together contribute towards the overall delivery of the establishment's performance.
• Contribute to the preparation of the establishment contingency and emergency plans and ensure implementation when required.
• Ensure the effective use of staff resources and the provision of training and annual leave opportunities.
• Accountable for ensuring actions arising from Standard Audit, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) Action Plans and Managing Quality of Prison Life (MQPL) surveys, including local Self Audit action plans and Resettlement strategies, are delivered.
• Deliver and implement projects as directed by the Governor.
• An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English or (where specified in Wales) Welsh.

Managing a Quality service
Experience

• Strong understanding of criminal justice system, particularly the appropriate management and development of drug strategies within the custodial setting.
• Experience of delivering projects within set time frames.
• Experience of developing projects across partners both internal and external.
• Experience of developing collaborative and partnership working with senior stakeholders.

Project management experience or qualification (Prince 2).

• Job holders must complete specific training in their specialism once they take up post.
• When transferring to a Young Persons establishment the job holder will be required to successfully undertake an assessment to demonstrate suitability to work with Young People.

Where HFAC accreditation was gained from 2018, the Incident Management Silver Command (IMSC) assessment must also be passed to be eligible for operational Head of Function roles.

Hours of Work (Unsocial Hours) Allowances
Required Hours Allowance
Unsocial hours are those hours outside hrs Monday to Friday and include working evenings, nights, weekends and Bank/
Public holidays.

The job holder must be able to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in English or (when specified in Wales) Welsh.

Allowance Details 1 Required Hours Addition payable if the post holder is Operational

Unsocial hours are those hours outside hrs Monday to Friday and include working evening, nights, weekends and Bank / Public holidays.

Additional Information 1 Working Arrangements & Further Information
The MoJ offers Hybrid Working arrangements where business need allows.

This is an informal, non-contractual form of flexible working that blends working from your base location, different MoJ sites and / or from home (please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas).

Some roles will not be suitable for Hybrid Working. Similarly, Hybrid Working will not suit everyone's circumstances.

For nationally advertised roles, the successful candidate(s) will be appointed to a MoJ office location, which may include their nearest Justice Collaboration Centre or Justice Satellite Office.

Standard full time working hours are 37 hours per week excluding breaks which are unpaid. HMPPS welcomes part-time, flexible and job-sharing working patterns, where they meet the demands of the role and business needs.

All applications for part-time, flexible and job-sharing working patterns will be considered in accordance with the HMPPS' Flexible Working policy.

The Loan/Secondment is subject to the approval of the selected candidate's Business Unit, which should be obtained before confirmation of appointment.

Annual Leave

• The holiday year runs from 1 March.

Bank, Public and Privilege Holidays

• You are entitled to 9 days (66 hours 36 minutes) in recognition of bank, public and privilege holidays.

These hours are added to your annual leave allowance. There is a requirement to work some public and bank holidays subject to your shift pattern and the operational needs of the establishment
Pension

• The Civil Service offers a choice of two pension schemes, giving you the flexibility to choose the pension that suits you best.

Work Life Balance
HM Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS) is keen to encourage alternative working arrangements.

Work life balance provides greater opportunities for staff to work more flexibly wherever managers and establishments can accommodate requests to do so.

HMPPS offers flexible working subject to completion of a satisfactory probationary period and NVQ
After two months' service, you'll be eligible to apply for a season ticket advance to purchase a quarterly or longer-period season ticket for travel between home and your place of work
Childcare Vouchers
For any moves across the Civil Service may have implications on your ability to carry on claiming childcare vouchers
Training
HMPPS is committed to staff development and offers a range of training and development opportunities, including areas such as Equality and Diversity, Dealing with Challenging Behaviour, Suicide Prevention and Anti Bullying Programmes

• There are opportunities to access promotion programmes and HMPPS provides a variety of training appropriate to individual posts
• All staff receive security and diversity training and an individual induction programme into their new roles

All external candidates are subject to 6 months probation. Internal candidates are subject to probation if they have not already served a probationary period within HMPPS

• Should you feel that the recruitment process has breached the recruitment principles you are able to raise a formal complaint in the following order

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We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging.

This flexible approach to recruitment focuses more on finding the right candidate for the specific role.

We have provided detail of the assessment stages and areas being assessed to help you prepare for completing your application form, and to advise of what will be assessed following this, if you successfully pass the application stage.

The MoJ are committed, as part of the Redeployment Interview Scheme, to providing opportunities to those who are 'at risk of redundancy'.

Candidate's will not be eligible for the Redeployment Interview Scheme if they are applying on promotion.
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